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Algoma Mariner - correction
Arriving at pier 25-26 this morning the coastal class laker Algoma Mariner is carrying the season's first cargo of grain from the Great Lakes. Algoma Mariner secured at pier 25-26, positioned to use...
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Delays
The tanker Skyros moved out from Imperial Oil to an anchorage today and was expected to sail this afternoon. However that did not happen, and no new ETD has been posted.Note the silhouetted crew...
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Venture -a bulker, plus tankers and a few containers
The self-unloading bulker Venture anchored in Bedfrod Basin for bunkers today. The ship is the former Klavenes owned Balder. When Klavenes sold off its self-unloader fleet to CSL and Algoma last year,...
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Tokyo Express - reuse, recycle
Like most many shipping companies HAPAG-Lloyd has a theme for its ship's names, Nowadays its container ships use a city name and the word "Express". The cities chosen are important trading,...
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Clover Ace, CMA CGM Almaviva - big car boat, big box boat and other doings
The autocarrier Clover Ace arrived at Autoport this morning. Its 6400 car capacity puts it among the largest size of ships in the Mitsui OSK Line (MOL) fleet.The already crammed Autoport will somehow...
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Oriental action in south end: Asian Moon, Macao Strait, then to the Alps
Most of today's harbour activity was concentrated in the south end. Two of the ships had decidedly oriental names, but Caribbean connections.At pier 42 Macao Strait was in port for Melfi Lines. The...
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CMA CGM has announced the formation of a proposed new alliance with China COSCO, Evergreen and OOCL. The Ocean Alliance, as it will be called, will include some 350 ships on 40 service loops. It will...
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Fednav calling
Fednav ships were once common sights in Halifax, but they have become rare in recent years for a number of reasons. They rarely call here for bunkers anymore, so that ceretainly cut down on...
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A Saturday Sampling
There was such a variety of activity in Halifax that shipwatchers could have spent the entire day keeping track of it all. Perhaps I can be excused for missing some of it - real life does intrude from...
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Sunday Follow Ups
Following up from yesterday:The heavy lift ship Palau was ballasted down by the bow this morning, which just bared the top control mechanism of the Becker rudder flap.The flap was stuck at about a 45...
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A lightly loaded Vera D arrived for Melfli Lines and tied up at Halterm this afternoon. The ship is en route from Italy, Spain and Portugal for Cuba. This is its 15th trip for Melfi - Voyage #1 was...
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Masterpiece of timing
Halifax pilots performed a masterpiece of tining today -as they often do - when three container ships departed and one arrived within an short span of time.First out was NYK Diana from Fairview Cove....
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CSL Tacoma and Oceanex Connaigra - starboard to starboard
The simultaneous passing of the CSL Tacoma departing and Oceanex Connaigra arriving resulted in a rare starboard to starboard passing in the Middle Ground area between Meagher's Beach and Ives...
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Veendam - first cruise ship and other business as usual
The 2016 cruise ship season began today with the arrival of the Veendam. Built in 1996 as a Statendam class ship, it was refitted in 2009 with the extension of two decks aft and a "duck tail". Now...
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Adelina and Havelstern
It was an unusually quiet Sunday in the harbour.The deep laden bulk carrier Adelina, bound from Port Cartier for Las Palmas put in briefly for some underwater work. Operating under the Maltese flag for...
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Arrivals from the south - BBC Xingang and Posillipo
Nirint Shipping is experiencing an upswing in Cuban trade and has brought in the BBC Xingang for a quick round trip between Rotterdam and Cuba. Forsaking some of the usual wayports it went directly to...
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Ijsselborg sails and Toreador arrives
The Dutch multi-purpose, ice class, general cargo ship Ijsselborg sailed this evening after discharging a cargo rails for CN. It arrived in Halifax April 25 and unloaded at pier 27.Built in 2010 by...
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There was not much to see in Halifax harbour today - and there were two reasons for that. First: commerical activity was limited but second: as the tide came in late this morning so did the fog.My...
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Three Arrivals
There were three arrivals today, but looking at the pictures it is hard to believe that they were taken in the same day.Late this morning Bomar Resolute loomed out of the fog once it was well in to the...
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Tranquil Ace - pun intended
The autocarrier Tranquil Ace put in at Autoport this morning and sailed late this afternoon for Newark.Built in 2009 by Minami-Nippon in Usuki Japan, it is part of the 120+ autocarrier fleet of Mitsui...
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